A Seaham charity has set up a special Christmas tree, to help families who have lost loved ones. Megan’s Rainbow Support Group is a charity that was launched in early 2017 by the loved ones of former St. Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy Student, Megan Bell, who died at the Scottish festival, T […]
Northumbria Police force has boosted its arsenal of armed officers by over 50 per cent in the past 12 months, a spokesperson says. The staff increase coincides with a number of terrorist attacks this year including the Westminster attack, the Manchester Arena bombing, the London Bridge attack and the London Underground […]
Northern actress Denise Welch walks out of rehearsals of the pantomime Jack and the Bean Stalk taking place in Times Square, Newcastle this month. The NS pantomime organisation has released a statement to confirm that the pantomime, which includes the actor Adam Thomas, will still continue as promised. The statement said: […]
Sunderland College students hold a social action event called The Locals Library. The event had other students speaking to the ‘living books’ as they told their stories and had a conversation about them. Their lecturer, Gilly Hope, spoke of the event as preparing the students, who produced the event, so […]
People around the world waste an enormous amount of food daily. During the Christmas period, families in the UK waste 30 per cent more than they do through the whole year. Refuse is Durham’s branch of The Real Junk Food Project, a community consisting of cafes and organisations around the UK. They work tirelessly […]
After a year in the second tier, Newcastle have bounced back to the Premier League with their Champions League winning manager and with a club takeover seemingly ever closer is there light at the end of the tunnel? Momentum Under the leadership of Rafa Benitez, Newcastle United now have an […]
Sunderland City Council has agreed to invest £60m into major capital projects to improve the city’s economic regeneration and job growth. The money will be invested on projects including up to 4,000 new homes in the South Sunderland area, school extensions to St Pauls CE Primary and Benedict Biscop Primary Academy, and junction improvements to […]
MPs and councillors have been appealing for news about the timeline of stalled refurbishment work at Sunderland Magistrates Court. Sunderland Central MP Julie Elliott, Houghton and Sunderland South MP Bridget Phillipson and Coun Niall Hodson have been pressuring Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to provide a clear timeline for […]
Lou Lou’s Vintage Fair will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, after years of making their way up from the bottom. The Vintage Fair was initially planned as a one-off event for lovers of all things nostalgic, to enjoy a day of vintage shopping from independent traders. Now, as the small […]
North Shields-born author Mike N. Coates promoted his range of history books about the town in North Shields Library on Saturday December 9. Coates was one of several authors who visited the library on the weekend of the North Shields Victorian Christmas Market. Having spent time in Northumberland Park […]